Join the Institute for Advanced Study and the (In)Justice Series on Data & Power as we examine how data is used to police movement and manufacture narratives about criminality, deservingness, and belonging. We will explore how big tech surveillance companies and government databases aggregate personal information to create a powerful infrastructure of immigration enforcement and track, intimidate, and target people for detention or deportation. We will also discuss how this data is used to create a larger political narrative that portrays migrants as threats and justifies enforcement tactics.
What happens when governments and corporations use data without accountability to determine who is considered desirable, dangerous, or disposable? And how can communities use data to resist? Our panel of organizers, journalists, lawyers, and researchers from migrant communities will share how they are using data to challenge misinformation, document abuses, mobilize, and advocate for more just policies.
